Table of Contents

Contents

poetry by Betsy Warland
excerpt from "suite of green"

an interview with Lorna Crozier

poetry by Lorna Crozier
introduction: origin of pen's black arts
apocrypha of light
a prophet in his own country

an interview with Brian Bartlett
poetry by Brian Bartlett
ghosts of pier 21

an interview with Adam Dickinson
poetry by Adam Dickinson
the snake as geography
glad animal movements
the dumb anonymity at the heart
leaving for Toronto

an interview with Maureen Hynes
poetry by Maureen Hynes
estate
choc mool
christie pitts

poetry by Melanie Cameron
two poems from "the cemetery beside the river

poetry by Eric Trethewey
deer grazing

poetry by Gail Johnston
aubade

poetry by Jennifer Bronson
timmins mid-february

lina chartrand award winner
poetry by Souvankam Thammavongsa
water
the snail

poetry by Josh Auerbach
i know the word supine

poetry by Jill MacLean
sable island

poetry by Tavia Hafso
ghazal I
ghazal IV

poetry by Ryan G. Van Cleave
mrs. chung and plastic jesus

poetry by Paddy McCallum
the consolation of rain
the consolation of boehme
the consolation of the book
churchgoing